In my recent review of “The Magic of Black & White” eBook, I gave everybody a chance to enter a contest for a free copy. After just one day, we had around 43 entries posted! Awesome turnout… but it made for some hard decisions in choosing the winners. It was a tough choice, but I [...]
Links this week include articles on color, history, maternity shots, Gimp scripts, Photoshop actions, tone curves, sensor dust, white balance, lighting, and much more.
I’m a real fan of black and white photography — doesn’t matter if it’s film or digital. There’s just something about it that can transform a photo so drastically by the “simple” removal of color. So I was thrilled when my buddy Andrew Gibson contacted me about the release of his book on “The Magic of Black & White“. He’s a great photographer and his black & white photos are stunning — so I was certain that the book would be a good one. I was right.
Lighting… It’s a complicated mixture of knowledge, equipment, and magic. You shouldn’t attempt it unless you’re a trained professional with lots of money and a big studio of your own. In addition, you’ll need to memorize thousands of rules and lighting setups in order for your photos to look decent. Oh wait… forget what I just said. That’s just how it appears before you take the time to learn it.
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Last week, I asked you guys for some links to lighting tutorials, sites, and resources. The response was great, and I’m working on putting these things together in a comprehensive blog post so they can be shared. This thing is turning out to be a big effort, and I should have it published by Thursday. [...]
24 selected photos from the Epic Edits PhotoDump Flickr pool. This time there are 30 new members, 0 new discussions, and 470 new photos in the group.
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What are the best studio/model/portrait lighting techniques that you’ve encountered?
Here’s a list of fairly new photography blogs being published by the readers of Epic Edits. Check these guys out and see what they’re up to — you might just like what they have to say and show (I know I did).
